Officer injured responding when police witness shots fired on Far South Side

A Chicago police officer suffered minor injuries when he stepped on a nail while responding to another officer's call for help when she saw someone shooting a gun on a West Pullman street this afternoon, authorities said.

The officer was taken to MetroSouth Medical Center in Blue Island in good condition after he suffered a leg injury near 118th Place and Michigan Avenue about 2:10 p.m., said Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford.

Officers responded to a call from an officer who already was in the area and saw someone firing shots, said Chicago Police News Affairs Officer Veejay Zala.

No police officers were fired upon and none returned fire, police said.

The officer stepped on a nail while responding to the call by the officer who saw the shots being fired, police said.

Two arrests on misdemeanor charges of disorderly conduct were made in the area following the firing of shots, but it was not believed that the man who fired the shots was in custody, police said.